Albert Prince (November 17, 1825 – July 18, 1875) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Essex in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1871 to 1874.
He was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England in 1825, the son of John Prince, and came to Sandwich (later Windsor) in Upper Canada with his family in 1833. He practised law at Sandwich. He died in Essex County in 1875 of apoplexy.
Electoral history
| 1871 Ontario general election: Essex | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Albert Prince | 1,204 | 51.23 | +4.92 | ||||
| Conservative | Solomon Wigle | 786 | 33.45 | −20.24 | ||||
| Independent | Mr. Rankin | 360 | 15.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,350 | 50.95 | −24.46 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,612 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.58 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[1] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
External links
Media related to Albert Prince at Wikimedia Commons- Albert Prince – Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archive)
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